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This paper deals with the relation between God and the secular legal systems of Western liberal democracies. It provides a normative argument for the compatibility of God and secular legal reasoning. In our age, in which believing in God... more
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      Canon LawConstitutional LawPolitical PhilosophyPhilosophy Of Religion
Note that this book is actually part of a quadrology.
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      ChristianityTheologySystematic TheologyDoctrine of God
The Ordo Virtutum, Hildegard von Bingen’s twelfth-century music-drama, is one of the first known examples of a large-scale composition by a named composer in the Western canon. Not only does the Ordo’s expansive duration set it apart from... more
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      Music TheoryMedieval TheologyDisability TheoryMedieval Music
Boethius’un Felsefenin Tesellisi Adlı Eserinde Tanrısal Öngörü, Kader Ve Zaman İlişkisi The Relation Between Divine Providence, Fate and Time in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy Özet Boethius’un Felsefenin Tesellisi (Consolatio... more
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      BoethiusDivine Providence
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      PhilosophyPhilosophy Of LanguagePhilosophy of SciencePhilosophy Of Religion
Da sich in den letzten Jahren das Paradigma einer von der analytischen Philosophie inspirierten analytischen Theologie zu einem leistungsfähigen theoretischen Ansatz zur Diskussion religionsphilosophischer und theologischer... more
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      MetaphysicsAnalytic PhilosophyTheologySystematic Theology
Présentation de la thèse de Sr Christine Gautier soutenue le 31/0/2014 à la PUST (Pontificia Università San Tommaso d'Aquino), Rome. A partir de la contribution de Thomas d'Aquin sur la Providence divine, réservant une large place au... more
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      Catholic Social TeachingThomas AquinasHabitusVirtues and Vices
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      Catholic StudiesPolitical ScienceGospelsEcclesiology
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      Russian StudiesTheologyWar StudiesRussian Orthodox Church
RESUMO O artigo trata dos limites do gênero historiográfico, frente ao providencialismo cristão. Inicia-se com considerações sobre o gênero historiográfico, suas origens e características, na literatura grega. Em seguida, apresenta-se uma... more
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      HistoryAncient HistoryHistoriographyHistory of Historiography
J. Lison, ¿Dios proveerá? Comprender la providencia, Editorial Sal Terrae («Colección Alcance», 58), Santander 2009, 159 pp., 11 x 19, ISBN 978-84-293-1791-6.
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      Divine ProvidenceDivine ActionDivine action and providenceSpecial Divine Action
Distributive justice assumes a morally critical judgment of nature, which typically contradicts providential conceptions. Hence, simple conceptions of divine Providence cannot support distributive justice. This essay analyzes and develops... more
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      ReligionPhilosophyPolitical PhilosophyEthics
Is God involved? Why do bad things happen to good people? What is up to us? These questions were explored in Mediterranean antiquity with reference to ‘providence’ ( pronoia). In Did God Care? Dylan Burns offers the first comprehensive... more
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      GnosticismLatin LiteraturePatristicsEarly Christianity
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      MetaphysicsSystematic TheologyAlfred North WhiteheadLaws of Nature
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      Thomas AquinasDoctrine of GodThomismFree Will
This paper analyzes the work of Christopher Southgate with a view toward interpreting his insights into the integrity of creation, redemption and theodicy in light of Saint Augustine’s theology. Drawing on various contributions that... more
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      Systematic TheologyPhilosophical TheologyTheodicyTheological Anthropology
John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, loudly and strongly renounced the evils of warfare, yet never committed himself to a pacifist position. In this paper, I argue that interpreting Wesley's stance regarding war is best... more
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      EthicsPeace and Conflict StudiesTheologyHistorical Theology
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      ChristologyThomismBiblical Medieval ExegesisDivine Providence
1. Le caractère problématique de l’action de Dieu. 2. L’analogie de l’action à l’épreuve. 3. L’action salvifique de Dieu dans les Confessions d’Augustin. 4. La Providence du salut à l’égard de chacun, selon Thomas d’Aquin. 5.... more
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      Systematic TheologyTheodicyThomas AquinasAugustine of Hippo
Free Will, Destiny, and Sympathy for the Damned
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      TheodicyFree WillProblem of EvilDivine Providence
Pedro de Ledesma is one of the Dominican theologians of the School of Salamanca involved in the De Auxiliis controversy, i.e., the disputes around a famous book by Luis de Molina on the relation between divine foreknowledge and providence... more
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      PhilosophyMetaphysicsJesuit historySpanish philosophy
This paper is an attempt to expand the Orion Correlation Theory, the decades old theory of Rober Bauval, in which he related the 3 major pyramids in Giza with the three belt stars of the constellation Orion, following the ancient Egyptian... more
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      Divine ProvidenceOld KingdomPyramid TextsSynchronicity
Texte complet dans (Full text in) : Aletheia, n. 55, décembre 2019, p. 103-128 Intervention au colloque "Quelle théologie de la création face au défi écologique", Rimont, 2019. Résumé : La crise de la raison moderne alimente des... more
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      Political EcologyComplex SystemsThomas AquinasDoctrine of Creation
Twee maanden na het begin van de coronacrisis heeft de Amerikaanse ds. C.M. McMahon een actuele, bijbelse wake-up call (coronawekker) voor de kerk geschreven. In een tijd waarin weinig meer gerekend wordt met Gods regering en... more
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      TheologySpiritualityCovenant TheologyReformed theology
(100 words): While many philosophers of religion are familiar with the reconciliation of grace and freedom known as Molinism, fewer by far are familiar with that position initially developed by Molina's erstwhile rival, Domingo Banez... more
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      Philosophy Of ReligionFree WillDivine ProvidenceDeterminism
[Proofs; please cite published version] What is so appealing about the figure of the master-criminal? The answer lies in the kind of solution it provides to the problem of suffering. Rather than just accounting for affliction—as, for... more
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      PhilosophyTheodicyGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizFilm and Philosophy
The Stoic Doctrine of Providence attempts to reconstruct the Stoic doctrine of providence (as argued for in ancient texts now lost) and explain its many fascinating philosophical issues. Examining issues such as the compatibility between... more
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      StoicismAncient PhilosophyDivine ProvidencePhilosophy of Care
The philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz famously asked: “Why is there something rather than nothing?” His answer was that God Himself is a necessary being that could not have failed to exist. Every physical object exists because of some... more
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      ReligionPhilosophyAnalytic PhilosophyPhilosophy Of Religion
Montaner, Alberto, Política, historia y drama en el cerco de Zamora: La «Comedia segunda de las Mocedades del Cid» de Guillén de Castro, Zaragoza, Prensas Universitarias, Universidad, 1989, 220 pp. + [2] h. (Humanidades, 11).— ISBN... more
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      Political TheoryHistory of Political ThoughtEpic poetryDivine Providence
An attempt to reconcile an Augustinian view of God's sovereignty with petitionary prayer. In simple terms, "if God is in complete control of all events in the universe - and ordains all of them - what is the point of asking him for things... more
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      Systematic TheologyPhilosophical TheologySovereigntyPrayer
Chi ha letto Amleto o Ecuba con gli occhi dello specialista ne ha spesso sottolineato il carattere naif, probabilmente a buon diritto. Io non voglio qui soffermarmi sul valore della sua tesi interpretativa, ma piuttosto tentare di leggere... more
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      Political TheologyCarl SchmittDivine ProvidenceHamlet
Augustine’s theology of creation has been criticized for its Platonic tendency to denigrate matter and for a supposedly extrinsic view of divine providence that is reminiscent of design and even deism. This article counters such criticism... more
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      AugustineAugustine of HippoDoctrine of CreationDivine Providence
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      Doctrine of GodAttributes of GodDivine ProvidenceDoctrine of the Trinity
La versión impresa de este vigésimo número cuenta con nueve artículos. El de Pablo Adrián CAVALLERO es la segunda parte de la traducción y texto griego de la Exagogé de Ezequiel, publicados en Circe 19. El investigador avanza en el... more
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      PhilosophyPhilo of AlexandriaDivine ProvidencePhaedo
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      StoicismLatin EpicLucanRoman Stoicism
Much of chapters 2 to 6 is in agreement with publications from the last twenty years (including those of the reviewer); so for example Frede’s points that neither Aristotle nor the Stoics had a notion of free-will; that in Epictetus (for... more
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      Free Will, Moral ResponsibilityAristotleNeoplatonism and late antique philosophyPatristics
The divine preparation of times by forerunners, cultural, social events leading up to the Reformation. Hezekiah, Jesus, Paul, Geert Grote, Jan Hus, John Wycliffe, Savonarola, the influence of the printing of Bibles. The printed bibles... more
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      Reformation StudiesMartin LutherDivine ProvidenceGirolamo Savonarola
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      ReligionComparative ReligionMythology And FolkloreMythology
According to Aquinas, divine omniscience, omnipotence and providence, do not contradict the existence of either true contingency in the natural world or freedom but, on the contrary, they support them. In short, the two peculiarities of... more
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      PhilosophyMetaphysicsMedieval PhilosophyPhilosophy Of Religion
Cet article de vulgarisation propose un éclairage théologique d'inspiration thomiste sur la manière de considérer l'histoire humaine, en conjuguant la foi en un Dieu provident et la prise au sérieux du mal à l'oeuvre dans la vie des... more
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      HistoryTheodicyThomas AquinasThomism
40 essays by Ronnie Hsia, Ulrich Leinsle, Marius Reiser, Thomas Marschler, Trent Pomplun, Jean-Louis Quantin, William O'Brien SJ, Stefania Tutino, Carl Trueman, Andreas Beck, Willem van Asselt, Eric Carlsson, Stephen Hampton, Benjamin... more
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      ReligionChristianityNew Religious MovementsComparative Religion
If God is all-powerful and entirely good and loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Based on a close canonical reading of Scripture, this book offers a new approach to one of the most troubling challenges facing Christian theism:... more
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      TheodicyFree WillProblem of EvilThe Problem of Evil
A recently discovered political and legal treatise, Antineutralidad (1640), has been attracting attention in scholarship. This paper extensively scrutinizes the dating and authorship of the text. Sources found in several European archives... more
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      Habsburg StudiesHistory of Political ThoughtIntellectual History of the Baroque PeriodHistory of International Law
There are many tragic, often horrific, things that happen in life. Some are due to human actions, either intentionally (e.g. the Las Vegas shooting, school shootings, ISIS-inspired killings) or unintentionally (e.g. parent forgets child... more
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      ChristianityCalvinismFree WillProblem of Evil
במאמר זה אני מגיש למעיין את היסטוריית הפירושים למאמרו של ר' עקיבא במסכת אבות המציג לכאורה סתירה פנימית.
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      Jewish StudiesEthics and ReligionJewish PhilosophyMaimonides
Augustine and Aquinas were absolutely pivotal in the development of the theological understanding of the reality of grace in the history of Christianity. Augustine first deferred to an unsearchable mystery and later became overzealous... more
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      AugustineThomas AquinasTheology of Thomas AquinasAugustine of Hippo
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      TheologyOld Testament TheologyBiblical StudiesBiblical Theology
In this inaugural debate to the “Essential Christian Debates” series, Christopher M. Date and Gil VanOrder Jr. examine the biblical teaching and philosophical implications of individual predestination to salvation. Does the Calvinistic... more
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      CalvinismSoteriologyDivine ProvidencePredestination
Extensive Stoic and middle platonist influence in Plotinus’ thought has been amply documented; we are told by his pupil Porphyry that ‘’his writings are full of concealed Stoic and Peripatetic doctrines’’ (Henry lvi); a paper by P.A.... more
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      EthicsClassicsPlatoStoicism